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Shaming

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shame \Shame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shaming}.]
   1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness
      of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to
      reputation; to put to shame.

            Were there but one righteous in the world, he would
            . . . shame the world, and not the world him.
                                                  --South.

   2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to
      disgrace.

            And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.
                                                  --Spenser.

   3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.]

            Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. --Ps. xiv.
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